Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 19
... hills , incessantly shifting , and leaving no marks to guide his course . Every breeze is loaded with dust , which enters the mouth and nostrils , penetrating even between the clothes and skin . Sometimes the sand drives along in clouds ...
... hills , incessantly shifting , and leaving no marks to guide his course . Every breeze is loaded with dust , which enters the mouth and nostrils , penetrating even between the clothes and skin . Sometimes the sand drives along in clouds ...
Pàgina 30
... Hills of salt arose , out of which the natives constructed their houses without any fear of their melting beneath a shower , in a region where rain was unknown . The land became almost a desert , and was filled with such multitudes of ...
... Hills of salt arose , out of which the natives constructed their houses without any fear of their melting beneath a shower , in a region where rain was unknown . The land became almost a desert , and was filled with such multitudes of ...
Pàgina 31
... hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbourhood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Nasamones , in a region almost resigned to wild beasts ...
... hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbourhood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Nasamones , in a region almost resigned to wild beasts ...
Pàgina 53
... hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too common in the scenes of inland traffic ...
... hills of sand . " In ten days he came to Abu Latin , a large commercial town , crowded with merchants from various quarters of the continent . The manners of the people , as is indeed too common in the scenes of inland traffic ...
Pàgina 71
... while a band of larger size brought up the rear . " Thus do they march on , and are very bold . " At night , as they took their stand upon the hills , filling the air with confused cries , EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 71.
... while a band of larger size brought up the rear . " Thus do they march on , and are very bold . " At night , as they took their stand upon the hills , filling the air with confused cries , EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 71.
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